# Easy made caltrops

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [November 1, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765 "2013-11-01T20:32:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765/1 "2013-11-01T20:32:42Z")

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You know i can do workable caltrops with some thick steel wire and pliers

No need to actually be a blacksmith and forge them especially considering that they are a beginner level trap at most

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**Author:** ![Luissen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/luissen/32/1025_2.png) [@Luissen](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Luissen)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765/2 "2013-11-01T20:37:13Z")

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or throw d4s x\_x

that being said, I’ve seen examples that look doable, after all, they’re spikes…

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**Author:** ![Natures\_Witness](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/natures_witness/32/165_2.png) [@Natures\_Witness](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Natures_Witness)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765/3 "2013-11-01T21:33:19Z")

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Button cap nails might also be a good alternative, they could be findable in hardware stores.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Sunder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/lord_sunder/32/215_2.png) [@Lord\_Sunder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Lord_Sunder)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765/4 "2013-11-02T00:27:37Z")

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Or you could cut up barbed wire scavenged from FEMA camps and farms, etc. Either way, makeshift caltrops would be pretty cool, yes.

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**Author:** ![infectedmochi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/infectedmochi/32/206_2.png) [@infectedmochi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/infectedmochi)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765/5 "2013-11-02T04:32:37Z")

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+1  
A “makeshift caltrop” recipe would be nice.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/easy-made-caltrops/3765/6 "2013-11-02T05:03:33Z")

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[PRed!](https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/pull/4047)